Vienna set the scene for the 11th edition of the European Computer Science Summit. Hosted at the heart of the city centre, by the Vienna University of Technology, TU Wien, this year`s edition gathered over 115 deans, department heads, research directors and senior academics from 29 countries for a full two days of presentations and lively discussions on ‘The Future of Informatics’.

On October 12, two Pre-Summit workshops were organised in parallel. At the traditional Workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors, participants actively shared experiences and practical strategies on common challenges they face in managing their department and institutes. One issue heavily debated was how to better support women’s interest and retention in Informatics. Despite efforts being made at all levels - ranging from elementary school approaches to postdoctoral initiatives -, the number of women in the field remains very small. Other themes brought to the fore included the issue of creating a unique profile/identity for the field as we try to expand into ever-more interdisciplinary areas, and the accreditation of Informatics programs and assessing their real value, giving the dean a mandate to follow an improvement strategy in the faculty.

A Pre-Workshop on Experiences and Practices in MOOCs gathered over 30 practitioners and researchers interested in one of the current hottest topics in higher education.

Immersing participants in the city`s rich artistic life, the Summit opening at the beautiful Vienna Künstlerhaus included two Wolfgang Pauli lectures at the ARTEMATICA 2015, an interdisciplinary event linking mathematics and computer science with visual arts and music. The welcome reception afterwards created the perfect opportunity to meet both new and known faces, taste some excellent Austrian wines and enjoy typical bits and bites of the host country.

At the main Summit on October 13 and 14, the future of Informatics took centre stage, stimulating the discussion on the future role of Informatics both as a scientific discipline in itself and in its interdisciplinarity. Presentations and speaker panels provided food for thought and debate on the following themes: influence of Big Data on the nature of Informatics, European research funding, relationship with other sciences, research organisation of the future, ethics and Informatics role in society. The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award Ceremony, Informatics Europe Activities session and General Assembly rounded the program.

Sharing their expert views and insights at ECSS 2015 were Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Dirk Brockmann, Stefano Ceri, Jeroen van den Hoven, Maarja Kruusmaa, Bertrand Meyer, Dunja Mladenić, Reinhard Posch, Britta Schinzel, Matti Tedre and Moshe Vardi. For the first time the speakers contributions will be published as a volume of proceedings by Springer Verlag. “We hope it to be a discussion piece in our community on the future of our discipline and its role in the future of our society”, commented Hannes Werthner and Frank van Harmelen, Program Chairs of the ECSS 2015.

Besides the artistic experience at the Künstlerhaus, we could also enjoy the legendary Viennese conviviality at one of the ‘Heurige’ (wine taverns) for the conference dinner and learn that Vienna and wine are two concepts intrinsically linked.

The ECSS 2015 was a great success. With a high number of participants, impeccable organisation and one of the most exciting themes and programs, the conference will remain as one of the most memorable ECSSs.

ECSS 2016 will be held in Budapest, Hungary, October 24-26, hosted by the Eötvös Loránd University. Save the dates!

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• Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Chairs

• Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Chairs

• Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Chairs

• Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Chairs

• Pre-Summit Workshop on MOOCs

• Pre-Summit Workshop on MOOCs

• Wolfgang Pauli lecture

• Wolfgang Pauli lecture

• Welcome Reception ECSS 2015

• ECSS 2015, Vienna

• Gerald Steinhardt, Conference Co-Chair

• ECCS 2015, Vienna

• Hannes Werthner and Frank van Harmelen, Program Chairs

• Hannes Werthner

• Stefano Ceri, Politecnico di Milano

• Stefano Ceri, Politecnico di Milano

• Moshe Vardi, Rice University

• Moshe Vardi, Stefano Ceri, Hannes Werthner

• ECCS 2015, Vienna

• Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, ERC

• Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Carlo Ghezzi

• Dirk Brockmann, Humboldt University Berlin

• Dirk Brockmann, Humboldt University Berlin

• Matti Tedre, Stockholm University

• Dirk Brockmann, Matti Tedre

• ECCS 2015, Vienna

• ECCS 2015, Vienna, Conference Dinner

• Lynda Hartmann, Dunja Mladenic

• Dunja Mladenic, Jozef Stefan Institute

• Maarja Kruusma, Tallinn University of Technology

• Dunja Mladenic, Lynda Hartmann, Maarja Kruusma

• ECCS 2015, Vienna

• Carlo Ghezzi, President Informatics Europe

• Bebras, Winner of the Best Practices in Education Award 2015

• Judith Bishop, Wolfgang Pohl, Valentina Dagiene, Carlo Ghezzi

• Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research

• ECCS 2015, Vienna

• ECCS 2015, Vienna

• ECCS 2015, Vienna

• Jeroen van den Hoven, TU Delft

• Jeroen van den Hoven, TU Delft

• Bertrand Meyer, ETH Zurich

• Reinhard Posch, TU Graz

• Reinhard Posch, Jeroen van den Hoven, Bertrand Meyer, Gerald Steinhardt

• Reinhard Posch, Jeroen van den Hoven, Bertrand Meyer, Gerald Steinhardt

• Britta Schinzel, University of Freiburg

• Cristina Pereira, Gerald Steinhardt, Carlo Ghezzi

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 Click here for the detailed program

Chairs: Uwe Egly and Hilda Tellioglu, Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien

This pre-summit workshop gathers practitioners interested in experiences and best practices in MOOCs and MOOC-related contexts. This includes experiences from authors who have been running MOOCs, supporting the production of MOOCs, involved in the selection of MOOCs, or analysing data for their university. It also includes experiences of using MOOC-related technology in other contexts, in particular, for on-campus education. It aims to share experiences, results, and solutions and to document problems.

Topics of Interest

• MOOC production: costs, processes, pitfalls
• MOOC selection: criteria for selection, how to motivate teachers, feedback from students
• MOOC introduction: strategies, phases, evaluation
• MOOC data: drop-out rates, student demographics, popular activities, etc.
• Integration with existing e-learning initiatives and learning management systems
• Failures and successes in flipped classrooms
• Pedagogical support to teachers

Invited Speakers

• Martin Ebner, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
• Michael Kopp, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
• Francisco Pinto, Center for Digital Education, EPFL, Switzerland
• Ebba Ossiannilsson, Ossiannilsson QOOL Consultancy, Sweden
• Jon Rosewell, The Open University, UK

--------Workshop Program - Monday, October 12, 2015----------

Venue: TU Wien - Karlsplatz 13 -1040 Vienna

- First Floor - Kleines Sitzungszimmer -

09:00-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:15 Welcome and Opening
10:15-11:00 Francisco Pinto, EPFL, Switzerland
                      "MOOCs Implementation - Data Analytics Process and Main Findings"

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:00 Michael Kopp, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz and Martin Ebner, Technische
                       Universität Graz, Austria
                      "Experiences on Austrian MOOC platformwww.imoox.at"
12:00-12:45 Ebba Ossiannilsson, Ossiannilsson QOOL Consultancy, Sweden
                      "Quality in Open Online Learning (including MOOCs) Beyond 2015"

12:45-13:45 Lunch Break

13:45-14:30 Jon Rosewell, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
                       "Benchmarks for MOOCs: the OpenupEd Quality Label"

14:30-15:00 Coffee Break

15:00-16:00 Discussion and Closing
                      "Discussion Panel with all Speakers and Participants"

17:00-19:00 ARTEMATICA 2015 Wolfgang Pauli Lectures (Künstlerhaus, Karlplatz 5, 1010 Vienna)

• 17:00-18:00 - Gerhard Widmer, University of Linz, Austria
  "Con Espressione! Towards a New Level of Music Understanding in Computers"

• 18:00-19:00 - Peter Weibel, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany
  "Gotthard Günther and the Digital Revolution"
  
  

19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception at the Künstlerhaus (co-sponsored by the WPI)

Book your flights to the “European Computer Science Summit 2015” online at www.austrian.com and save 15% on all applicable fares!

To do so, simply enter the following code in the eVoucher field on the Austrian homepage booking engine:

Code: ECSS15

 Conditions:

• Booking period: now until October 14^th, 2015
• Valid for flights to Vienna and return as of October 4^th, 2015 until October 21^st, 2015 (final date for return flight) on OS operated flights.

Book your flights here!

To enroll in the ECSS 2015 and in the Pre-Summit Workshops you need to register.

Your registration will be completed after two quick steps:

1) To fill in your data in the "Registration Form"

2) To proceed with the payment for the events you want to attend (bank transfer or credit cardl)

Please follow this link to register to ECSS 2015!

 The registration fee of the Main Conference (13-14 October) covers:

• Participation in all activities of the Summit
• Coffee breaks, lunches
• Conference Gala Dinner on Tuesday, October 13
• Conference materials

The registration fee of each Pre-Summit Workshop (12 October) covers:

• Participation in all activities of the Workshop
• Coffee breaks, lunches
• Workshop materials

*Companion invitations for the Gala Dinner are available for purchase, they are not included in the registration fee.

Participants from institutions which are not yet member of Informatics Europe can profit of a special offer. See more details here.

Prices Registration Fees

EARLY REGISTRATION (Before September 15)

• Informatics Europe Members
  • Each Pre-Summit Workshop (12 October): EUR 110
  • ECSS (13-14 October): EUR 340
  • ECSS + One of the Pre-Summit Workshop: EUR 435
• Non-Members
  • Pre-Summit Workshops (12 October): EUR 150
  • ECSS (13-14 October): EUR 440
  • ECSS + One Pre-Summit Workshop: EUR 575

NORMAL REGISTRATION (After September 15)

• Informatics Europe Members
  • Each Pre-Summit Workshop (12  October): EUR 150
  • ECSS (13-14 October): EUR 420
  • ECSS + Pre-Summit Workshop: EUR 555
• Non-Members
  • Each Pre-Summit Workshop (12 October): EUR 190
  • ECSS (13-14 October): EUR 490
  • ECSS + One Pre-Summit Workshop: EUR 665

Discounted fees for early registration are valid only until September 15.

Register early to benefit from the discounts!

If you have questions or need help with your registration, please contact:

Christiane Tronigger

t +43 1 58804-140

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 Special Offer for Prospective Members of Informatics Europe

Is your institution a member of Informatics Europe?

If your institution would like to join Informatics Europe as a regular member (Regular or Federated Academic Membership only) we have this year a special offer:

The value of your conference registration fee (ECSS 2015 and/or one of the Pre-Summit Workshops) will be discounted from the annual membership fee of your institution when joining Informatics Europe.

The offer grants the discount of up to TWO individual registration fees per institution. The membership with Informatics Europe extends to all members of your institution (department or research laboratory); members are institutions, rather than individuals, who participate through their institutions. For all details about the membership with Informatics Europe, please visit: https://www.informatics-europe.org/membership/how-to-join.html

For further information on how to benefit from the offer please contact our Secretary-General (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

The conference will be held at the Main Building of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), located close to the historic center of Vienna and a few meters away from the Vienna Opera House, the Karl Church and the subway station Karlsplatz. The walking distance to the Stephansdom is 15 minutes only.

Conference Venue
TU Wien
Main Building
Karlsplatz 13
1040 Vienna
Austria
www.tuwien.ac.at

 Surroudings: Vienna Opera House

How to arrive

From Vienna International Airport

The Vienna International Airport (IATA: VIE, ICAO: LOWW) (German: Flughafen Wien-Schwechat), is located 18 kilometers (11 miles) southeast of Vienna. It is often referred to as Schwechat, the name of the nearby town.

The local organizers of ECSS 2015 have negotiated with Austrian Airlines a special "Conference Fare" to save 15 % on your flights to Vienna during the ECSS 2015. See here further information about this special offer.

To reach the city center from the airport the following options are available:

Train / Subway:

• to station Wien-Mitte by City Airport Train (CAT) non-stop: approx. 16 min. (one-way ride costs 11 EUR)
• to station Wien-Mitte and station Wien-Nord (Praterstern): S-Bahn (Federal Railway System – ÖBB): approx. 25 min.,then from Wien-Mitte to TU Wien by subway number U4 (one-way ride costs 2.40 EUR)

Bus (Vienna Airport Lines) / Subway:

• to the centre of Vienna (Schwedenplatz/ Morzinplatz) and other destinations in Vienna by Vienna Airport Lines: approx. 25 – 35 min. (one-way ride costs 8 EUR)
• then from Schwedenplatz to TU Wien by subway number U4 (one-way ride costs 2.20 EUR)

Taxi:

• we suggest to book a taxi here: AirportDriver (one-way ride costs 34 EUR)

The Vienna University of Technology (see map below) can be reached by:

• subway number U1 (red line), U2 (purple line), U4 (green line): station Karlsplatz
• tram number 1, 62: station Resselgasse
• tram number 1, 2, D, 62: station Kärntner Ring/Oper

Vienna's public transport authority is Wiener Linien. A one-way ride costs 2.20 EUR, a 24-hour ticket costs 7.60 EUR, and a weekly ticket costs 16.20 EUR.

Visit Wiener Linien website to plan your journey.

Conference Chairs

• Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano, Informatics Europe
• Gerald Steinhardt, TU Wien

Program Chairs

• Hannes Werthner, TU Wien
• Frank van Harmelen, VU University Amsterdam

Publicity Chair

• Stefan Decker, National University of Ireland, Galway

Organizational Committee

• Cristina Pereira, Informatics Europe
• Inge van Halst, Informatics Europe
• Clarissa Schmid, TU Wien
• Marion Scholz, TU Wien

The following papers were selected from the submissions to the ECSS and will be presented as posters during the main conference. Check the program for more information.

• Vahid Garousi, Ali Yazici and Alok Mishra. Assessment and improvement of a Software Engineering curriculum using the SWEBOK
• Sally Smith and Iain Phillips. The Future of Professionalising Informatics: a University Education Perspective
• Helmar Burkhart, Danilo Guerrera and Antonio Maffia. No more Believe Me: Make Your Informatics Experiments Reproducible
• Alberto Sampaio and Isabel Sampaio. Theory and Basic Research in Software Engineering

11th European Computer Science Summit - ECSS 2015 -

"Informatics in the future – in the year 2025"

13–15 October 2015, Vienna, Austria

*Deadline for Submissions: August 15, 2015*

*Notifications of Acceptance: September 7, 2015*

*Deadline for Early Registration: September 15, 2015*

The 11th European Computer Science Summit, ECSS 2015, is the meeting place for anyone interested in issues of research, education, and policy in Information and Computer Sciences. It is a unique opportunity to meet some of the leading decision makers in Informatics research and education, and discuss the critical issues of the discipline.

Call for Position Papers - "The Future of Informatics and Informatics of the Future"

Informatics is transforming into a societal technology – raising questions not only in research, but also technology and policy.   ECCS 2015 is an event to discuss and determine the future of Informatics and the Informatics of the future. To determine the spectrum of the opinions we call for submission of position papers for the ECCS 2015.

We invite position statements including, but not restricted to, the following topics:

• Informatics and Society: What is the role of Informatics in society? Should we influence policy? How should we influence policy? What is the ethics of Informatics? Should we do everything with data because we can? What should be ethical principles of researchers?
• The role of Informatics in the sciences: Is Informatics still just a support science? Are we getting too fragmented?
• Research (group) and / or faculty of the future: How will computer scientists have to evolve? Factors to consider are local vs. global, mobility and connection, interdisciplinarity, problem vs. idea driven, relation to industry (especially the big ones), funding agencies and funding models (financial autonomy of universities and / or defined programs of agencies)

The position papers submitted will be screened, and if accepted, be published on the Informatics Europe website as well as submitted as CEUR-WS Proceedings. From the accepted position papers 10 submissions will be invited for a poster presentation during the ECCS 2015 conference in Vienna.

Format and Submission Procedure

We invite 2-4 page submissions in the CS Proceedings and Other Multiauthor Volumes Format from Springer (see https://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).

We request authors to provide the submission under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and provide a statement to reflect this into a footnote on the first page of the paper.

Please submit your position paper only via Easychair using the following URL:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eccs2015

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: 15 August, 2015

Paper and Poster acceptance: 7 September, 2015

Deadline for Early Registration: September 15, 2015

Conference: October 12-14, 2015

Please direct queries to Stefan Decker (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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 Come join this exciting and important event in the field of Informatics and participate by submitting your contribution!

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 The ECSS 2015 and both Pre-Summit Workshops take place at:

TU Wien
Main Building
Karlsplatz 13
1040 Vienna

 The welcome reception on October 12 (from 19h) will be at:

Künstlerhaus
Karlsplatz 5
1010 Vienna

 Prior to the reception, participants are welcome to attend the ARTEMATICA 2015 Wolfgang Pauli Lectures, also at the Künstlerhaus. See Conference Program for more details.

Below you can find detailed maps of the venues and surroundings.

The main building of TU Wien is situated in the vibrant cultural centre of the town (see map below). Currently, there are more than 3000 researchers and more than 28 000 students working and studying at TU Wien. Celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, the university looks back at a rich history marked with many successes and highlights.

The Faculty of Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) is the largest computer science faculty in the German-speaking region of Europe. Owing to its excellence in research and teaching, it ranks among the top three computer science departments at German-language universities in Europe. 55 professors and 350 researchers explore a large variety of fields ranging from Logic and Computation, Distributed and Parallel Systems, and Business Informatics to Computer Engineering, Media Informatics and Visual Computing. Three out of eight Master programs and all of the PhD programs are taught in English, which renders the Faculty an attractive place for international students and staff.

Innovation is a strong motivator for the researchers at the Faculty of Informatics. Cooperation with businesses and industries plays an important role and has resulted in several successful research centers and laboratories with more than 150 employees. Many profitable start-ups and spin-offs have been launched by Faculty students and alumni and increase in number every year. Find out more about the Faculty at www.informatik.tuwien.ac.at.

VENUES INFORMATION

The Welcome Reception on October 12 (from 19:00) will be at Künstlerhaus, Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Vienna. Prior to the reception, participants are welcome to attend the ARTEMATICA 2015 Wolfgang Pauli Lectures, also at the Künstlerhaus.

The two Pre-Summit Workshops and the ECSS 2015 will be held in TU Wien, Main Building (First Floor), Karlplatz 13, 1040 Vienna in the following rooms:

• Workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors (Oct 12) - Boecklsaal
• Workshop on Experiences and Practices in MOOCs (Oct 12) - Kleines Sitzungszimmer
• ECSS 2015 Main Conference (Oct 13-14) -  Festsaal

The Conference Dinner on October 13 (from 19:30) will be  at the traditional Viennese restaurant Heuriger 10er Marie, Ottakringer Strasse 222-224, 1160 Vienna (meeting point to go to the restaurant at the lobby of the TU Wien main building at 18:45)

At the ECSS 2015 participants have two options for booking accomodation:

• Book a room at the Motel One – Wien Staatsoper using the conference registration system.

The registration system offers the possibilityof booking a hotel room at the hotel Motel One – Wien Staatsoper near the conference venue, where a block booking has been made at a special ECSS rate for October 11-14. Please note that only this hotel can be booked throughout the registration system and that rooms will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Book a room directly in another hotel, a list of recommended hotels can be found here

Please note that reservations with other hotels need to be made directly with the respective hotel.

If you have questions or need help with your accomodation booking or registration, please contact:

Christiane Tronigger

t +43 1 58804-140

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 Monday, October 12

09:00-16:30   Pre-Summit Workshops (TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna)

• Workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors

• Workshop on Experiences and Practices in MOOCs
  

17:00-19:00 ARTEMATICA 2015 Wolfgang Pauli Lectures (Künstlerhaus, Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Vienna )

• 17:00-18:00 - Gerhard Widmer, University of Linz, Austria

          "Con Espressione! Towards a New Level of Music Understanding in Computers"

• 18:00-19:00 - Peter Weibel, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany

         "Gotthard Günther and the Digital Revolution"

19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception at the Künstlerhaus (co-sponsored by the WPI)

Tuesday, October 13

All talks and sessions will be at TU Wien Main Building

Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna

- First Floor - Festsaal -

08:30-09:00  Registration

09:00-09:30  Welcome and Introduction

• Carlo Ghezzi, Gerald Steinhardt, ECSS 2015 Chairs
• Hannes Werthner, Frank van Harmelen, ECSS 2015 Program Chairs

09:30-11:15  Session 1 "Data Science or Formal Science"

Session Chair: Hannes Werthner, TU Wien

• 09:30-10:15 - Stefano Ceri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

          "On the Big Impact of Big Computer Science" [Slides]

• 10:15-11:00 - Moshe Vardi, Rice University, USA

   "From Model-Driven Computer Science to Data-Driven Computer Science and Back" [Slides]
  

• 11:00-11:15 - Discussion with both Speakers

 11:15-11:45   Coffee Break / Posters Session

11:45-12:45  Session 2 "Future of European Research"

Session Chair: Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano

• 11:45 - 12:30 - Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, ERC President

   "The European Research Council and Informatics: Situation and Perspectives" [Slides]
  

• 12:30-12:45 - Discussion with Speaker

12:45-14:00  Lunch Break

14:00-15:45  Session 3 “Emperor or Plumber or The Relation of CS with Other Sciences"

 Session Chair: Frank van Harmelen, VU University Amsterdam

• 14:00-14:45 - Dirk Brockmann, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Germany

          "Ebola, Pandemic Influenza, MERS & SARS – How Computational Models Reveal the Hidden Geometry of Global Contagion Phenomena" [Slides]

• 14:45-15:30 - Matti Tedre, Stockholm University, Sweden

   "A Computational Paradigm of Science and its Discontents" [Slides]
  

• 15:30-15:45 - Discussion with both Speakers

15:45 -16:15  Coffee Break / Posters Session

16:15 - 17:30 Special Session Informatics Europe Activities

Session Chair: Cristina Pereira,  Informatics Europe

• Informatics Europe New Visual Identity
• Report Key Data Informatics Education in Europe (2015 Edition)
• Working Group Women in Informatics Research and Education
• Committee on European Computing Education
• EQANIE Goals and Activities: the Euro-Inf Quality Label

17:30 - 18:30  Informatics Europe Annual General Assembly

Session Chairs: Cristina Pereira (Secretary General), Carlo Ghezzi (President)

19:30-22:00 Conference Dinner at the traditional Viennese restaurant Heuriger 10er Marie (Ottakringer Strasse 222-224, 1160 Wien)

Meeting point to go together to the restaurant at the lobby of the TU Wien main building at 18:45!!

Wednesday, October 14

All talks and sessions will be at TU Wien Main Building

Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna

- First Floor - Festsaal -

08:30-09:00   Registration

09:00-10:45  Session 4 “Research Organization of the Future”

Session Chair: Lynda Hardman, CWI

•  09:00-09:45  - Dunja Mladenic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

         "Leadership and Balance in Research" [Slides]

• 09:45-10:30 - Maarja Kruusmaa, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

   "Interdisciplinarity in Robotics and ICT" [Slides]

• 10:30-10:45 - Discussion with both Speakers

10:45-11:15  Coffee Break / Posters Session

11:15-12:15  Award Ceremony 2015 Best Practices in Education Award (Sponsored by Microsoft Research)

Session Chair: Carlo Ghezzi, Informatics Europe

• Winner Announcement: "International Challenge on Informatics and Computational Thinking“

• Talk by Winner Representatives Wolfgang Pohl, Valentina Dagiene

           "Bebras - International Challenge on Informatics and Computational Thinking" [Slides]

• Talk by Award Sponsor Representative MSR, Judith Bishop 

            "Openness – What it Means for Academics" [Slides]

12:15-13:30   Lunch Break

13:30-16:00 Session 5 "Ethics and Impact or our Relation to Society”

Session Chair: Gerald Steinhardt, TU Wien

• 13:30-14:15 - Jeroen van den Hoven, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 

          "Ethics and ICT: Learning to Design for Moral Values"

• 14:15-15:00 - Bertrand Meyer, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

            "Ethics of Computing"

• 15:00-15:45 - Reinhard Posch, TU Graz, Austria

   "ICT-Innovation – How Digital Sovereignty and IT-Security Can Help Pushing Europe Forward" [Slides]
  

• 15:45-16:00 - Discussion with all Speakers

 16:00-16:30  Coffee Break / Posters Session

17.00 – 18.30 Session 6 "Public Lecture: Women in Computing"

Session Chair: Hilda Tellioglu, TU Wien

• 17.00 – 18.30 - Britta Schinzel, University of Freiburg, Germany

       "Ada Countess of Lovelace, a One-Person Opera, and The Role of Women in Computing"